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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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